----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Behind 14-0, the unbeaten ESU football team scored on their first four possessions of the second half and went on to defeat nationally-ranked Shepherd, 35-28, in overtime. The Warriors are now 4-0, their best start since 1976. Shepherd, ranked 15th in last week's national poll, had beaten ESU, 33-27, in double overtime last year.

Quarterback Jeremy Palm (Jr., West Lawn, Pa./Wilson) completed two touchdown passes of three yards to wide receiver John Jeffries (Fr., Central Square, N.Y./Paul V. Moore) and then seven yards to wide receiver Mike Patrick (Sr., East Stroudsburg, Pa./East Strouds-burg) which put ESU ahead for the first time, 21-20. Palm also scored on a one-yard sneak which increased the lead to 28-20 with 2:25 remaining.

Shepherd came back, however, and tied the game with 42 seconds remaining in regulation on a 21-yard touchdown pass and a two-point conversion pass to send the game into overtime.

In the overtime, Palm took his team into the endzone in four plays. He ran 12 yards to the Shepherd 13-yard line. Tailback Andre Castiglioni (Jr., Reading, Pa./Muhlenberg) then carried twice for eight and three yards and tailback Nate Pendry (Fr., Catasauqua, Pa./Catasauqua) took it across from the two.

Shepherd failed to get a first down on its overtime possession. A second-and-five run was stopped for no gain by tackle Dustin Barno (So., Easton, Pa./Easton) and linebacker Rich Butcofski (Sr., Shavertown, Pa./Dallas), a third down pass was knocked down by cornerback Nick Beisker (So., Lancaster, Pa./Conestoga Valley) and the receiver on a fourth down pass was tackled in the flat for no gain by safety Jason Zinn (Sr., Hanover, Pa./South Western).

Palm completed 10 of 16 passes for 118 yards in the second half after going only 2 for 7 for 33 yards in the first half. He also ran 12 times for another 79 yards. Patrick made five receptions in the game for 83 yards and Jeffries five for 38 yards.

Castigliani racked up his fourth straight 100-yard game with 160 yards on 26 carries, includ-ing a 15-yard touchdown run. He is averaging 147.5 yards per game. Pendry picked up 63 yards on 14 carries and also returned the second-half kickoff 45 yards to start the team's comeback.

The offense piled up 302 yards rushing behind the blocking of fullback A.J. Oliveri (So., Pittston, Pa./Pittston), tackles Dan Bratton (Jr., Clarks Summit, Pa./Abington Heights) and Mike Serafin (Jr., Wilkes-Barre, Pa./Coughlin), guards Jim Sodano (Jr., Madison, N.J./ Bayley-Ellard) and Shepard Alston (Sr., Newark, N.J./Malcomb Shabazz) and center Joe Burton (So., Dunmore, Pa./Dunmore). The six shared the PSAC Eastern Division Offensive Player of the Week award.

The rushing yardage was the most by the team in six years since a 315-yard performance against Southern Connecticut in 1994.

Jorge Chapoy (So., Monclova, Mexico/Pequea Valley, Pa.) scored four goals as the Warriors trounced Molloy, 8-1, after suffering their first loss to C.W. Post, 2-1, earlier in the week.

Chapoy racked up a 'hat trick' in less than 21 minutes of play and then added a fourth goal in the second half. It was the team's first four-goal game since Bobby Henes scored four times against Millersville in 1998.

Brandon Smith (Jr., Forksville, Pa./Sullivan County) added a pair of goals and Kamar Samuels (Fr., St. Elizabeth, Jamaica/Munro College) and Jason Cropper (Fr., D'Abadie, Trinidad) had one apiece. Kurt Nusshag (Jr., Media, Pa./Penncrest) made a pair of assists.

The Warriors, sixth in last week's NCAA Division II national poll, had a 19-game regular-season winning streak broken when C.W. Post scored twice in the first five minutes of the second half for the victory. Ryan Hepford (Sr., Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Twp.) had put ESU ahead, 1-0, in the first half with Chapoy and Karl Nusshag (Sr., Media, Pa./Penncrest) assisting on the play.

The Warriors won two of three games last week, beating Rowan, 2-1, in overtime on a goal by

Kate Dideon (Jr., Lancaster, Pa./Living Word Academy), and Millersville, 2-0, before losing to Bentley, 2-1.

It was the sixth game-winning goal of Dideon's three-year ESU career and second against Rowan. She also had the deciding goal in a 1-0 overtime win over Rowan in 1998.

Michelle Butkus (Jr., Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) and Mandy Sturm (So., Shermans Dale, Pa./West Perry) both scored against Millersville and Kelly Wagner (So., Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) posted a shutout, making five saves. The midfield play of Rachel Miller (Jr., Tunkhannock, Pa./Tunkhannock) and Shannon McCracken (So., Collegeville, Pa./Methacton) was a key in the victory.

Against Bentley, Josie Schanzenbach (Fr., Washington, N.J./Warren Hills) scored the lone ESU goal, the first of her collegiate career.

Justina Woolf (Jr., Womelsdorf, Pa./Tulpehocken) stretched her scoring streak to five straight games, but the Warriors bowed to Adelphi, 4-1, in their only contest last week.

Woolf scored off a pass from Deirdre Durkin (So., Abington, Pa./Abington) for her fifth goal of the season and 34th of her career. She was the conference's leading scorer in 1998 with 15 goals, but missed all but one game last season.

The Warriors won a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division match to remain undefeated at 3-0 in the league, but dropped three non-conference matches last week.

Andi Myers (So., Mount Wolf, Pa./Northeastern) and Ashleigh Reinert (Sr., Dover, Pa./Dover) led a 3-0 win over West Chester. Myers made 11 kills and ten digs in playing only two games while Reinert had 19 assists, 13 digs and five kills in the match.

Myers starred in a pair of matches at Binghamton. She hit .324 with 14 kills against host Binghamton and then had 13 kills, hit .310 and made 21 digs in a defeat to Pace.